The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13

time elapses between the formation o:
successive whoriS Of roots. GuS deep
iirting ;Htcrferes with the course OF
I.@Uure ;Gnd causes new roots 20 10-nl
p-e,natIrely. Again, by only partially
Iiiling the watcr-furrow at tie tirst work
lag, more dir. is thrown into il a5 the
second working, and covers and smoth-
ers grass most thoroughly, dispensing
With al hoe-work Where corn is not
planted in the water = row We have
found 1t an excellent pan to use : tT5Stec
or turning shovel, and starting in the
center CT the middles bed up with oar
side next the corn. The last fluroI c2G
be run very near the corn, ,:irtiNg it
lightly, bat enough to cover up young
grass etfectually ii it is done carly
enough. We contend that noe need
never enter a cornieid. Such siding
gives 4 good opportunity to put manure
on e&cn side OF corn to be covered g. the
neZa %:or&ing.
We receat the recommendation here
soEor2 given 10 supplement The com
crop with ore of the recently introduced
1aii.e5s or sorenulrs, as katiic corn or
z4;l:o maize. >atiiir com is nothing Ike
ordinary corn; It resembles milo maize,
out has c Gyga-fer habit and natures
earlier. 1t and milo maize have been
widely advertised as forage crops; We
vaitle them more for their SEED, which
are &bout as valuable as ordinary corn
ior stock feed. II not more valuable
than corn, why plant them, asks one.
Because they stand drought better, and
vii make = crop wlece CON wopid
utterly fail. r ore IS forced 20 rely
uro2 thu urlands 70 make cora, he had
bette. jlii&nt :satEir corn Or a. >>rly ica-
turing strain Of milo maize, rather than
2o,I.:.lo2 corn. The former j. much
more certain to produce q crop under
the conditions mentioned-espsciaiiy IL
q dry seaScn-tina2 the latter. Plant
co-l on bottom lands AID On fresh rich
lands, but confne it 10 these, end plant
kliattfir k Fl corn on thin uplands. 70 those
vlo have never cultivated the latter, We
may sav, It's culture IS similar to that Of
ordinary sorghuU-nothing peculiar or
GiG;cui5 about It.
I:*isi1g supplies at home IS tAe fore
most ard most important OF all problems
to the cottoQ-raiSer. 1t IS useless to az
tempt Improvement Of any Kind until
tee farm IS made selt-supporting. lie
VII! certainly fail If he buys provisions.
The experience OF the last twerty years
Gas most thoroughly demonstrated this.
Go where you viii, the meH Who raise
sap2lios At lone are t:lc prosperous
farmers. Their LANDS are not lnortgageG.
Ide- 10 not have TO 2sk merchants TO
run them. Fer this we stress every
crop which VIII help the farmer TO raise
the provisions hc reeds; katlic corn and
milo maize strike Us as very promising
grain producing crops. :Gkey :re gen
crall extoued as forage plants; We DO
not prize them highly Cor that; ordinary
corn sown II drills has 10 superior as a
forage plant. II one viii manage it
properly there IS no occasion &c hunt up
any os4cr crop as g substitute. It is
urged upon every farmer, who IS at al
Short Of forage. or likely 20 be, 10 SOW
g good breadth os land IL drilled corn
tb2s month It may be sowi4 ct any
tine from April TO august, but the early
soTiGgs are the most satisfactory-nost
az. 20 s3cceud. Prsp2re the i2nd verT
t1oraG&hly by repeated plow.ngs, roll
icgs AID larSoHirgs; make ;t3:::i&s touE
feet apart TO admit plenty CT Gir and
light: SOW seed so ti:at grains may be
from two 10 three inches apart, and
when ND cu.tivl..e vita swecp. Some
think forage corn should be sown very
thickiy to make the stalks very small.
0! course very large stalks are opJec-
t;onable, out II each plant has not the
opportunity CT developing Itself pretty
thoroughly, the forage will lack quality;
it VIII be tasteIess and not relisAed by
stock. Each stalk ought 70 have
sufficient opportunity to enable 1t to
make a little uubbin, and the crop
should not be gathered until the little
1ubbin IS IN roasting car.
-Anotler very valuable food crop,
which may be started the last Of this
month, is German m;llet. Il IS IN ex-
ceedlngly strong, nutritious forage
stronger perhaps than any other, unless
exception be made OF clover hay and
pea7ioeS. Whist It may not equal these
N some respects, il is :. better balanced
socI. Il calls for rather rich land, but
grows well on poor land when menured
and properly prepared. Stable manure,
cotton seed meal, ammoniated fertilizers
cr composts viii answer. lae land
should be prepared, as described above,
Tor drilled corn, half bushel CT seed
sown on an acre and very lightly har-
rowed in and then rolled. Al small
seeds, which must be planted shallow,
should be rolled after they are narrowed
il. It insures both more prompt ana
more certain termination Of the seed.
Remember that German mille5 should
lie cut promptly as soon as blooms ap-
psa-, the seed form ana mature very
quickly after tae bloom, unusually so,
ana i IS net desirable 10 let the seea
mature. They are 50 small that they
are not properly masGit2ted, May swell
in stomach and 60 harm, or else pass
| tsarougk undigested and are lost. The
extreme ease with which this nillet IS
cut aud cured also coDlmends It to our
high esteem; it has decided advantage
over co1n forage in this respect:
Increased interest has been developed
Of Late In the groucdpea crop on account
Of tie Introduction OF the variety termed
Spanish" We do not know its origin
or history, but on trial have found II e
very excellent variet;. The pocs fiji
vel, and cluster largely around the
,.:2.l.;n root, making the digging Of them
cuite c4sy. On sylitable land that IS
= r1.n.. cs,,rg!y- ar}i with lime in ~he soil